I just have to tell you…this apartment hunting is exhausting. Not that I can afford to take a break from me. I had printed out 12 listings to go and see, but it turns out that I was waaaaaayyyyy too optimisitc. Everyone seems to be impressed that I got to 7 viewings. But you enter in the apartment, take 5 minutes and you know whether you want it or not. Really…nothing much more to it than that. It’s that traveling to each apartment takes 10 minutes when it is close, 20 minutes when it is far. So I do have a system and it works quite well, but I feel like if I work harder I can get up to 9 viewings in a weekend.

But not next weekend…I am going to Zurich. I need a break before the audit season begins in full force and I need to visit friends up there. But apartment-hunting is a full-time job to be sure.

On the downside, if I don’t get the place at Flemmingatan, I am going to have to ask my landlord here at Riddargatan for a 2 month extension. However, taking a look at the amount I would pay in my monthly loan if I buy my own place, there would be no savings (1000 kronor but that is nothing)…so the impetus to move because things would get cheaper has been removed. Now it is just because I don’t wanna pay such high rent to someone and I want ownership.

Today I look for more apartments. This is not nearly as exciting as it sounds like. If I plan my route correctly, I will get to about 7 apartments. But this time I am smarter about it. First, I won’t look at apartments under 50 kvm. Second, I won’t trust the pictures or the floor plan as much. And third…well, I will keep an open mind to see what gems I might find.

After all, I am going to spend up to 3.5 million kronor on something, I have to really really like it.

Quite a bit of Europe…

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Quite a bit of the USA…

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I still have much left to do…

I got a new work phone

It is better than my old phone…it is GSM and 3G so the calls don’t drop anymore.  And even though our corporate subscription doesn’t allow access to Vodafone Live!, it is still a nice phone to have.

Oh yeah, did I mention that the apartment thing is stressing me out?

This bidding experience is stressful.  IT is even more stressful because I just arrived into Frankfurt this morning to work here for most of the week before I go to Copenhagen later this week.

This is the apartment that I have placed a bid on.  I think that is a very nice apartment.  I currently have the SEK3.000.000 bid, but it is early in the bidding.  And the bank just approved a higher loan so that I can look at some other places next Sunday.  This looking for an apartment thing is fun! 🙂

For you, the three readers of my journal, let me know what you think 🙂

I have been looking at some apartments today. In fact I looked at 7 apartments which is all of the time that I will have before I go to Frankfurt tomorrow. There are 2 apartments I really want, 2 apartments that were okay if the first 2 were not available, and the remaining 3 were uninspiring to the point where I would rather rent longer than pay for those apartments.

I love my apartment that I have now, but I want to own and not rent. And it is unfair to my existing landlord to continue to ask for 2 months extensions. He needs some assurance of continued income.

But at any rate, I suspect that one way or another, my housing situation will resolve successfully by the end of the month. This will be my first apartment and first major purchase. I am excited. 🙂

Tonight is going to be another sleepless night thanks to the Superhero CDs that Steve burned for me. God they are so good. Lots of good dance music! I can dance all night long. I just might.

But alas, since I have to wake up at 04.00 in order to get to the airport in time for my 06.20 flight to Glasgow, I better force some sleep.

Markus and I went out to Lino a couple of Saturdays ago.  A fun time as always! 🙂

Luckily we are photogenic.  Even more luckily…Markus is more photogenic than I.